Ah you have a Kindle! At the rate I'm collecting books I'll probably need one too. I also get physical books from Amazon a lot, and I love getting them from charity shops. I work in one and I'm always finding lovely old books.
I bought The Hobbit last week. I've never read Tolkien before, but I'm going to give it a go. I think you're right in that it can appeal more to adults. It's in my 'to read' pile, i.e. on a shelf with books piled to the ceiling...
I actually have two! I was an Early Adopter for the 1st Gen, which I still have and keep as a backup, and last year I got the Touch. It was a little weird at first, but I've really fallen in love with it. I still love my physical books, though, and don't think I'll ever give them up. But it's nice to have my library to go when I travel or some of my favorites in e-format so I don't have to worry about damaging my older volumes.
Your TBR piles reach the ceiling, too? Sounds as though we're a lot alike!
Finished The Great Gatsby today. I had a lot of thoughts/ideas running through my head afterwards so I actually wrote a synopsis so that I could make sense of some of them. If anyone is studying it next year like me, or is just interested, PM me and I'll send it to you, or just for a discussion about it
I haven't read Gatsby in ages, but it's on my TBR, and I don't remember it being a long book, so I'd be happy to discuss it with you. Please PM me with your synopsis. Also, you mentioned before that you were doing research on one of the Henrys. Which one?
I finished everything I had been reading in my OP so I guess I should update.
I just finished
Child Queen by Nancy McKenzie. It's a story about Guinevere and Arthur, told from Gwen's POV. Simple, sweet, it's an easy read. This book tells of her childhood and early years as Queen.
I'm about to start the sequel,
High Queen. This picks up shortly after the end of the first and tells of Mordred's coming to Camelot and the rest of Guinevere and Arthur's lives together. Like the other, it's short and sweet. I love Arthurian tales, which is why I picked these up (almost 20 years ago).
An online book club I belong to is doing NYT Bestseller's List for July. Any two books you want from current or past lists. I was going to go with a couple of books I've read before, but I think I'll branch out a bit. I've chosen
Watership Down by Richard Adams and
The Hollow Hills by Mary Stewart.
Until then, I need to find something to tide me over for the rest of this week. Since I'll be doing more Arthurian books in July (I'll have to read all four of Stewart's series, even though I'm only choosing one for my list), maybe I'll continue that with a trilogy written by Courtway Jones -
In the Shadow of the Oak King,
Witch of the North, and
A Prince in Camelot. All are quick reads, but I've always enjoyed them.
I'm behind the times
